Hi Don, Looks to be a handy-dandy way to top off the rad! Permission to post it in the wiki? Is there also a commercial version of the "easy bleed"? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
On 10/20/2007 5:57 AM Don Hanson wrote: > Get a peice of hard tubing that is slightly smaller than the I.D. of the > radiator air bleed bolt hole. Available in the Northwest at True Value > Hardware or other sources. Bend it into an S-shape. Attach a funnel type > device and pour some coolant into the device with the hard tubing inside the > treaded hole where the air bleed screw sits.. The S-curve in the hard > tubing between the funnel and the end of the tubing will support the funnel > device. I do this when the motor is off, usually after driving my van and > with the nose up a bit. It would probably be smart to turn on your heaters > as you approach your 'bleeding-site"... > Pour about a cup of coolant into the funnel and watch the air come > bubbling out of the rad. Repeat. When you get a solid stream of liquid, > you are done (for this time)..I do this drill a few times, until I get no > more bubbling when I add coolant. I keep my dorky-device in the van for > road emergencies and I usually do a "pre-trip" air-bleed procedure. Takes > me about 2 mins to remove/bleed/replace. > Wonder why VW made the bleed screw so hard to get to when it gets used so > often and can be the cause of so many problems with a Vanagon.. > Don Hanson > |
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